John Treleaven MEADOWS

MEADOWS, John Treleaven

    Service Number: 634
    Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Broadmeadows
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Steiglitz, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Natural causes, East Kew, Victoria, Australia, 13 September 1951
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Cremated
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 634, 8th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows
    17 Sep 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Corporal, 634, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Corporal, 634, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 634, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    30 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8th Infantry Battalion
    29 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 8th Infantry Battalion
    26 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 634, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW left knee
    3 Mar 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell wound right shoulder (severe)
    10 Mar 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, HT Durham Castle, England for Capetown, then on 19 April 1918 transshipped to RMS Orontes for return to Australia - disembarking Melbourne 10 May 1918.
    20 Jun 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion
    22 Aug 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion

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